National Ignition Facility system alignment

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1136-1157

  Burkhart, S C ^a   Bliss, E ^a   Di Nicola, P ^a   Kalantar, D ^a   Lowe Webb, R ^a   McCarville, T ^a   Nelson, D ^a   Salmon, T ^a   Schindler, T ^a   Villanueva, J ^a   Wilhelmsen, K ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD PLATING; IGNITION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

BEAM ALIGNMENTS; DEUTERIUM-TRITIUM; ENGINEERING SYSTEMS; LASER ALIGNMENT; NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; TARGET CHAMBER CENTER; TARGET CHAMBERS;

ALIGNMENT;

EID: 79952555089     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.001136     Document Type: Article

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